• French oak
• Red currant
• Toasted nut
• Structured finish

"Gorgeously fruited and perfumed, the bouquet shows cassis, mint chocolate, toasted nut and mixed spice aromas, followed by a concentrated palate delivering succulent fruit intensity together with silky texture and fine chalky tannins. Bold and flavoursome with a lengthy structured finish. At its best: Now to 2033" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Mar 2021

"It’s a Cabernet Sauvignon from Heathcote. It’s a firm, solid red built on an excellent frame of tannin, though of course the curranty fruit is the star of the show. This is ripe but fresh, powerful but not overdone. Gum leaf, cocoa and red currant characters add to the positive impression. The pitch here is perfect. It has elegance but it also has plenty of flavour" Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, Oct 2020

"From a top year which has been given the heavy bottle/cork treatment by way of emphasis. A single-vineyard expression that combines all the things" Jeni Port, Wine Companion, May 2023

"Totally opaque black dark red colour with a dark red hue. A mixture of ripe blackcurrant, plum and mulberry fruits greet the nostrils followed by vanillin cedar, light earth and bay leaf notes. Medium bodied and quite elegant the palate sports red to blackcurrant and mulberry flavours over plum, earthy tobacco, vanillin cedar and infusions of bay leaf. Fine grained yet sturdy tannin structure with a refined medium to long aftertaste. Drink over the next 5-6 years" Nick's Wine Merchant, Apr 2021

"A full bodied, concentrated, deep Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromas of black plums, cassis and smoke. Pair with cooked meats" Natalie McLean, Apr 2021

"The Angus the Bull brand was developed to be a red wine that was an ideal match for red meat. The winemaker has taken that philosophy a step further with this elegant single vineyard cabernet from Heathcote in Victoria, Australia. Made in a full-bodied style, this offers smoke, mint and dried herbal notes that add complexity to the ripe core of dark fruit flavours. Drink now to 2027" Christopher Waters, Globe & Mail Toronto, Apr 2022

Dark red with crimson hues, lifted cassis, blackcurrant leaf and cedar. Ripe black fruits accompanied by a refreshing bright palate with classic Heathcote eucalypt-mint characters. Bold generous mid-palate displaying fruit intensity and ripe textured tannins. Exceptional concentration and purity combined with restrained structure and balance. This is a wine that can be enjoyed in its youth, but will also equally reward those with the patience to cellar for a further 6 – 10 years.

The 2017 vintage in Heathcote was a standout year producing wines of intense concentration and power. Average winter rain was followed by a drier than normal spring until a well timed downpour arrived in January to set the vineyards up beautifully. A classic Heathcote summer then ensued with a near perfect run of consistently warm days and cool nights.

Planted on the prized ancient red Cambrian soils of Heathcote, viticultural practices employed at Colbinabbin Estate tend to produce very low vineyard yields. The 2017 season was no exception coming in at under 2 tonnes to the acre. Ripening was measured and unhurried with flavours and colour accumulating at a steady controlled pace and harvest taking place on 16th March.

Upon arrival at the winery the grapes were destemmed, crushed and fermented on skins in traditional open top fermenters. Hand plunged twice a day for a period of 12 days before being pressed and transferred into French Oak barrels for malolactic fermentation. A combination of medium toast tight grained Demptos & Taransaud barriques (225 L) for a maturation period of 18 months.